Surakarta English and Literature Journal
Vol 5 No 2 (2022): Volume 5 Number 2 August 2022

Examining Time Disruption on Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris Movie: Magical Realism Study

Irma Puspita Devi (Universitas Negeri Surabaya)



Article Info

Publish Date
02 Sep 2022

Abstract

A good movie directed by Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris (2011), reached marvellous achievement by obtaining 93% on Rotten Tomatoes and massive audiences. This paper focuses on the time disruption shown by Gil Pender's magical journey in Midnight in Paris. It was based on the magical realism elements from the book Ordinary Enchantments Magical Realism and Remystification of Narrative by Wendy B. The aim is to analyze the time disruption caused by Gil Pender's actions and feelings in this movie. This study uses literary textual analysis and attempts to understand the plot and the content to gain the data. The data was collected by identifying the scene and examining the unseen condition of this movie. Time disruption happens between two eras and makes the disruption on time-stamps in this movie. Magical realism sees this as a usual matter. This study shows that the journey of Gil Pender causes and fixes the time stamps itself on Midnight in Paris (2011) movie directed by Woody Allen.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

selju

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Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

The aim of SELJU is to provide a venue for academicians, researchers, and practitioners for publishing original research articles or review articles. The scope of the articles published in this journal deals with a broad range of topics such as Linguistics, Translation, Literature, and another ...